To recant: An open letter Dear Rev . DeJong: In the year 80/81, I wrote some heretical articles in the Calvin Seminary weekly paper. These articles were then reprinted in the March, 1981 Outlook, introduced by a preparatory warning written by Rev. J. Piersma. The articles were reprinted with my permission, and you and I, […]
First love. Puppy love. First true love. Finally the real thing. Dating, courtship, engagement; what wonderful moments in our lives! Parents tell their teenagers that there is no more precious—or important!—time than dating. It can be a time of intense joy in the family circle as parents see sons and daughters pair off with partners […]
While Economics may not be an exact science, and while economic laws may be more correctly identified as economic tendencies, it is true that, if not intruded upon by government or special interest groups, they will operate to bring about their certain results. That is why, when demand for a given product changes, we must […]
The success of any society, organization or movement depends on participating members. That is why we hear so much about this today. In our present time with its varied interests calling for, even demanding, our support and attention it becomes the more difficult to be a meaningful participating member and we are compelled to choose […]
The “Philadelphia Conferences” A phenomenon that deserves the attention of everyone who is interested in the promotion of the Reformed faith is the remarkable development of the “Philadelphia Conferences on Reformed Theology.” Beginning in Philadelphia ten years ago in the Tenth Presbyterian Church of Dr. James M. Boice, they have spread to four other places […]
The February, 1983, OUTLOOK contained a reprint from the Presbyterian Journal of last November 15 entitled “The Truth About Guatemala” by (Rev.) Hugh S. Powlison accompanied by a strong endorsement by the paper’s Brazil–born, respected editor, Dr. G. Aiken Taylor. Since then we have received from other sources later missionary reports confirming the thrust of […]
COLLECTED WRITINGS OF JOHN MURRAY Volume one, The Claims of Truth, 1977 Volume two, Select Lectures in Systematic Theology, 1978 Volume three, Life of John Murray, Sermons and Reviews, 1983. Published by The Banner of Truth Trust, Edinburgh, Scotland, and Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The labors of some men come to be more widely appreciated after their […]
NINE HALF TRUTHS ON HEALING is an article in Eternity for May, 1983 by William C. Moore. He discusses nine teachings often heard on the radio and TV. and found in charismatic literature to the effect that God doesn’t want his children to be ill and all sickness can be cured by a strong enough […]
Definitions: Now we return to the last of the four distinct approaches to Christ’s second coming—amillennialism. Just exactly what is amillennialism? According to J .G. Vos, amillennialism teaches that there will be a parallel and contemporaneous development of good and evil in this world, which will continue until the second coming of Christ. At the […]
Everybody knows what pain is. Pain and distress are common to mankind. Children already early in life learn that. Job said, “Man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward” (5:7). These experiences are the result of sin. They reveal the comprehensive power called death. God told Adam in the state of rectitude that […]